Burial-case.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

J. G. SNYDER.

BURIAL CASE.

APPLICATION 11,111) APR. 1, 1907.

. v No. 860,260.

JAMES C. SNYDER, OF LA FONTAINE, INDIANA.

BURIAL-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed April 1,1907. Saris-1N0. 365,767.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Fontaine, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burial-(ases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to burial cases and more particularly to burial cases formed of reinforced plastic material; and it has forone of its objects to provide a burial case which is reinforced in such a manner as to render .it feasible to construct the vault Tsufl'iciently light to permit of its being handled with facility, and

trating the manner in which the lid this without unduly lessening the rigidity and strength.

of the case.. r

' Another object of the invention is the provision of a burial case in-which the body and the lid areso constructed and relatively arranged that the lid may be expeditiously and easily secured through the medium of cement or the like on the body while the case is in a grave, and this in such manner that the cement or other connecting material is locked in position and is effectually held against casual displacement.

Other advantageous features of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection withthe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the burial case constituting the preferred embodiment of my invention: Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

Fig.3 is an enlarged detail cross-section better illusof the case is secured and sealed on the body thereof.

Similar letters designate 'corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

is the body of the burial caseiwhich is preferably rectangular in form, as-jshown, and is open at its top, and B is the case lid which is also preferably of rectangular form in outline.

The body A is formed of a plastic material in which is embedded a basket-like reinforcement of reticulated metal; the plastic material being lettered a and the metallic reinforcement b. The frame of the metallic reinforcement is made of comparatively heavy rods or wire 0. and surrounding the upper horizontal rods 0 and arranged about the proportional distance illustrated therefrom is a metallic reinforcing frame d. This latter is embedded in an outwardly projecting upper portion e ofthe plastic body, and the upper surface of the said portion e is inclined upward and inward as: indicated by f to a comparatively narrow upper edge g, for a purpose presently set forth.

Thelid B is of arched or concave-convex form as shown, and it comprises plastic material indicated by h and a metallic reinforcement embedded in the said plastic material. The metallic reinforcement mentioned comprises a rectangular frame i formed of comparatively heavy rods and having intermediate cross-rods j, and an arch it of reticulated material connected to the said frame 11.

By virtue of the case body A being reinforced as stated, it will be observed that it is feasible to make the major portion of the walls of said body quite thin since the metallic reinforcement lends sufficient rigidity and strength to the plastic material-to enable the body to withstand the usage to whichith'e bodies of burial cases are ordinarily subjected. Th'e'arch-like formation of the lid B permits of the-major portion of said lid being made comparativelyt'thin and yet by reason of said formation and the metallic reinforcement it will be seen that the lid is possessed of considerable stiffness and strength. The making of the major portions of the body A and lid B thinf as described is obviously a material advantage, since-itrenders the case as a whole light in weight and henceadapted to be handled with facility and without the employment of an unduly large number of men. I

As will be observed by reference to f the drawings, the lid .is of a less horizontal area than the body A in about the proportion illustrated, andsaid lid is provided with a comparatively thick edge portion m which has an inner horizontal edge 71. designed to bear on the edge {I of body A and an outer edge p d sposed about the distance illustrated above the inclin'e supper side f of said body A, and is also provided intermediate the edges n and p with an upwardly extending recess 1, preferably of right angle form in cross-section as shown.

By virtue of the lid B being constructed and arranged as described relative to the bodyA, it will be seen that the outermost portion of the body A may fit close to the walls of a grave, and yet cement or othermaterial employed for securing the lid" B in position and sealing the case may be readily deposited on the exposed portion of the upper side of the body and then moved and tamped into the recess It will also be seen that theworkman is enabled'fto workwith facility and seewhathe is doing, and that when the cement, which is indicated by M is tamped in a proper manner in the recess 1', the case is not only sealed but the lid B is strongly secured on the body and at the same time the cement M is locked to: the lid B and securely held against casual displacement. It will further be noted thatbecause of the body A extending outward beyond the lid B as described, "there is .no

liability of a portion of the cement used-in sealing the .case falling down between the case body and the walls of a grave, and that the outermost portion of the cement M may be neatly finished preferably by inclining it as illustrated from the outer portion of the body A to the outermost portion of the lid B.

An important'advantage following from the relative arrangement of the body A and lid B resides in the fact that all of the weight of the lid B is imposed on the body A, and consequently the sole function of .the

cement M or other fastening material employed is to seal the case and hold the lid B in a secure manner to the body A.

The construction herein shown and described constitutes the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is obvious that in practice various changes in the form, construction and relative arrangement of parts may be made without involving departure from the scope of my invention as defined in the claims appended. l

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In a burial case. the combination with a body open at its upper side;"of a lid comprising an arched or concave-convex portion of plastic material, an open reinforcingframe embedded in the lower portion of the plastic material and having side and end bars and intermediate cross'bars disposed in the same horizontal plane as sold side and end bars, and a reinforcement oi. reticulated ma terial connected to the frame and arched above the intermediate ci-ossbars'and embedded the arched portion or the plastic material.

2. In a burial case, the combination with a body open at its upper side and having upwardly and inwardly in plined surfaces at the tops of its side and end walls and horizontal edges adjacent to the uppermost portions of said surfaces; of a lid having innerhorizontal edge POP-X tions arranged to rest on the horizontal edges of the body:

and also having an outer edge portion disposed above the said inclined surfaces of the body and an upwardly extending recess intermediate said edges, the saidli'd being of a less horizontal area than the body, whereby the outer portions of thesaid inclined surfaces of the body are ex posed from above, and plastic material arranged between the opposed portions 'of the inclined surfaces of the'hody and lid and in the recess of the lid. I

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JAMESC. SNYDER.

' Witnesses DANIEL SCHUSTER, ORPl-i SAILORS. 

